General LF Discussion

[WeatherWitness]

So if the L-Bar forecast is gone, does this mean regular locals are returning. TWC needs to make up their minds on what they are going to do unless they are still "testing" whatever the heck they were testing.

I'll tell you what they were testing... they were testing a loaded baked potato hock-loogie Mariokart Wii cheddar cheese and sour cream beef dog corn  .

They were obviously testing a concept and apparently viewers werent pleased, so they do have reasons behind what they do

To be honest, I didn't think the average viewer cared that much about a full screen LOT8s. Then again, I remember Cantore saying that the LOT8s was the number one reason why people tune to The Weather Channel. So I'm confused!

Bottom line is, the regular locals are back and unless we get confirmation from one of our trusty sources, I guess we can assume this is a permanent change (for the better)...

[KevOwensby]

Um, it was said previously that the squeezeback is having some changes made to it and will resume when they're worked out. Don't know what they are, don't know why, just that it will be back.

[Localonthe8s]

I will find out and check myself..I am skeptical that the reversion back to full screen locals is permanent. Something just doesn't seem right here.

[Eric]

The Weather Channel without local forecasts is just not The Weather Channel, period.  L-bars just don't cut it.  Even more so when a mere LDL replaces the local forecast segment.

[WeatherWitness]

Um, it was said previously that the squeezeback is having some changes made to it and will resume when they're worked out. Don't know what they are, don't know why, just that it will be back.

Oh that's right...duh. For some reason it just seems like such a long time ago when Tyler made this post below (in the General TWC Discussion thread). And I think I misread a post above to where I thought the L-Bar was brought back after the "changes" but then discontinued again.

The locals will be temporarily coming back during all live programming until they can fix a few things and send out an update. Then the squeezeback will return for :08/:18/:38/:48, and the locals will only play at :28/:58.

So, for those confused (including myself ), the L-Bar is still temporarily disabled to "fix a few things." Like Vic, I was skeptical about the full screen locals as well.

[TampaMillTWC88]

Um, it was said previously that the squeezeback is having some changes made to it and will resume when they're worked out. Don't know what they are, don't know why, just that it will be back.

Oh that's right...duh. For some reason it just seems like such a long time ago when Tyler made this post below (in the General TWC Discussion thread). And I think I misread a post above to where I thought the L-Bar was brought back after the "changes" but then discontinued again.

The locals will be temporarily coming back during all live programming until they can fix a few things and send out an update. Then the squeezeback will return for :08/:18/:38/:48, and the locals will only play at :28/:58.

So, for those confused (including myself ), the L-Bar is still temporarily disabled to "fix a few things." Like Vic, I was skeptical about the full screen locals as well.

Well, we just gotta enjoy it while it lasts, I guess...

[gt1racerlHDl]

The only way i could see the :08 and :38 2 minutes coming back is if Tru View Max Traffic is added. about the LBar i was told it was a test and viewer input was needed to either (keep it or remove it by the testing group) so anything other than that is pure speculation.

[Localonthe8s]

The only way i could see the :08 and :38 2 minutes coming back is if Tru View Max Traffic is added. about the LBar i was told it was a test and viewer input was needed to either (keep it or remove it by the testing group) so anything other than that is pure speculation.

Your source? We should go by confirmation, not what one sees

[gt1racerlHDl]

T fulkerson: The Local Bar is in a Testing Phase, it should be a mixture of both Full Screen Locals and the Localized Bar. that was sometime in September so testing may have concluded by now.

[IceManNYR]

I notice on my SD feed the TWC logo on the L bar does not line up with the logo on the TWC feed.
It's showing to the left and top behind the logo on the L Bar.
Is this how it normally is?

[Localonthe8s]

I notice on my SD feed the TWC logo on the L bar does not line up with the logo on the TWC feed.
It's showing to the left and top behind the logo on the L Bar.
Is this how it normally is?

Wow, you have the same Intellistar that I have. The headend is from Newark, though, I don't think Teterboro has their own Fios headend. Does your intellistar look like this? And yes, I saw this a few weeks ago and it was out of place. Not only that,but the local forecast keeps kicking in 5 seconds late.

Newark Intellistar 3/3 8-8-11

[IceManNYR]

Yes I have the same local forecast. FiOS only has one local forecast for NJ VH07.

[Tyler]

The only way i could see the :08 and :38 2 minutes coming back is if Tru View Max Traffic is added. about the LBar i was told it was a test and viewer input was needed to either (keep it or remove it by the testing group) so anything other than that is pure speculation.

What exactly is your obsession with Tru View Max Traffic and TWC?

Also, the reason the L-bar has temporarily disappeared has nothing to do with group testing at this point. There are a few things they are working out (as I already said), then it will return.

[gt1racerlHDl]

The only way i could see the :08 and :38 2 minutes coming back is if Tru View Max Traffic is added. about the LBar i was told it was a test and viewer input was needed to either (keep it or remove it by the testing group) so anything other than that is pure speculation.

What exactly is your obsession with Tru View Max Traffic and TWC?

It's not really an obsession (i don't know where you got that idea from), all i'm basically saying is it would just be nice to see Traffic again on TWC sometime soon.

[Localonthe8s]

The only way i could see the :08 and :38 2 minutes coming back is if Tru View Max Traffic is added. about the LBar i was told it was a test and viewer input was needed to either (keep it or remove it by the testing group) so anything other than that is pure speculation.

What exactly is your obsession with Tru View Max Traffic and TWC?

It's not really an obsession (i don't know where you got that idea from), all i'm basically saying is it would just be nice to see Traffic again on TWC sometime soon.

Alex, you've been makings posts here in this thread and elsewhere (I believe the IS2, General TWC Discussion) about Tru Max. Tyler obviously didn't mention anything about traffic, so he has a valid point about your obsession. If TWC has no interest in bringing traffic products back seeing that their contract with TrafficPulse expired, what would motivate them to use another service? I think the local forecasts are fine without the traffic products. I, never, have used the traffic products on the Local forecast as a method of finding our traffic. There's a reason why the radio, more specifically, FM traffic radio, exists.